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Photovoltaic System Installation Guide for Net-Metering

What is the Net-metering Program?

This incentive scheme allows you to produce your own electrical energy by installing a photovoltaic (PV) system at your premises (be it your home or enterprise). The scheme allows compensating production and consumption of energy on an annual basis, thus reducing drastically your electricity bill.

This incentive scheme was established by a Ministerial Decision in 2014 (ΥΑ ΑΠΕΗΛ/Α/Φ1/οικ.24461 (ΦΕΚ Β’ 3583/31.12.2014) and supports the installation of fixed-tilt PV systems for self-consumption, by compensating production and consumption of energy.

By adopting net-metering, you drastically reduce electricity costs, while helping in environmental protection as the solar energy produced is clean and renewable.

Once you install a PV system:

1. If the energy produced on an annual basis equals your consumption, you will only pay a part of the electricity bill (some of the taxes you currently pay with your bill) to your current electricity provider.

2. If the energy produced on an annual basis is less than your consumption, you will also pay the cost for the extra energy consumed and not self-produced by your PV system.

3. If you produce more energy on an annual basis than you actually consume, the extra energy produced is not compensated but is fed to the grid for free.

You are not influenced by any future increases on the cost of electrical energy provided to you by your electricity provider.

You protect the environment as you use renewable solar energy.

The program is open to individuals, businesses and organisations (both public and private), who either own or have the legitimate use (e.g. by leasing) of the space where the PV is installed (in this case the written consent of the owner will be needed).